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- 1. Multiple ChoiceThe Second Great Awakening was a movement that promoted...Spiritual revival and the need for social reform.Quakers, because slavery contradicted religious beliefs.State's Rights and governmental reform.Mercantilism and the development of global trade.
- 2. Multiple ChoiceWhich group was among the first to call for an end to slavery?American Indians, because they viewed the plight of the slaves as similar to their own.Quakers, because slavery contradicted religious beliefs.British loyalists, because Great Britain had ended the slave trade.Puritans, because the New England economy did not rely on slavery.
- 3. Multiple ChoiceThe primary goal of the American Temperance Society was to...ban the spread of slavery to new territories.Decrease the consumption of alcohol.Gain the release of mentally ill people from prisons.create a self-sufficient utopian society.
- 4. Multiple Choice
A tourist would most likely go to the location shown on the map to visit...
the Elizabeth Cady Stanton House in Women's Rights National Historical Park
Historic Jamestown in Colonial National Historical Park
Independence Hall in Independence National Historical Park
George Washington's Headquarters in Valley Forge National Historical Park
- 5. Multiple Choice
Which of the following was an argument made against slavery prior to the Age of Reform?
Manufacturers argues that slavery discouraged the development of industry.
Farmers argues that using slave labor was expensive and inefficient.
Slavery was a sin
Puritans argues that the slave trade encouraged materialism.
- 6. Multiple ChoiceWhat was one major effect of the Second Great Awakening?Churches turned away from public politics and focused on internal religious issues.People were inspired to join reform movements to address social problems.Religious leaders petitioned legislatures to extend suffrage to women.Politicians were encouraged to promote states' rights rather than federal unity.
- 7. Multiple Choice*Popular essayist and lecturer
*Promote individualism and self-reliance
*Works included "Nature" and "The American Scholar"
Which movement did Emerson lead?TemperanceAbolitionismThe Second Great AwakeningTranscendentalism - 8. Multiple Choice
". . . As a bond of union between the Atlantic and the western states, it may prevent the dismemberment of the American empire. As an organ of communication between the Hudson, the Mississippi, the St. Lawrence, the great lakes of the north and west, and their tributary rivers, it will create the greatest inland trade ever witnessed. . . ."
- New York Governor DeWitt Clinton, April 26, 1824
Which development in transportation is Governor Clinton describing?
National Railroad
Erie Canal
steamboats
railroads
- 9. Multiple ChoiceEli Whitney's invention that made mass production possible for numerous goods to be sold was known as..Steam EngineCotton MillInterchangeable partsMechanical reaper
- 10. Multiple Choice
Factory owners had difficulty finding workers for their mills. Factory life could not compete with the lure of cheap land in the West. What did textile mills in Lowell, Massachusetts do to help?
Hired young farm women and housed them in company dormitories
Created cheaper mass produced textiles using the assembly line.
Used cheap labor by hiring union members
Sold portions of their own land to the surrounding population to attract more labor
- 11. Multiple Choice
Which phrase does NOT describe the role of women during the Market Revolution of 1820s and 1830s?
Women seeking employment in a city were usually limited to two choices: domestic service or teaching.
The overwhelming majority of working women were single.
In both urban and rural settings, women were gaining relatively more control over their lives.
Women who married continued to work at their current place of employment.
- 12. Multiple Choice
Which of the following antebellum era historical developments most directly contributed to efforts such as those described in the excerpt?
The Second Great Awakening
The growing population of laboring poor
The emergence of a women's rights movement
The changes resulting from the Market Revolution
- 13. Multiple Choice
The arguments expressed in the petition best reflect which of the following developments?
Southern plantation owners' control of most of the region's land
Debates over the federal government's role in the economy
Resistance to Supreme Court decisions limiting states' rights
The Southern economy's dependence on slave labor
- 14. Multiple Choice
The expansion of transportation networks depicted in the map most directly contributed to which of the following?
The continued importation of slaves from Africa
The growth of industrial manufacturing
The decline of regional economic differences
The rise of large vertically integrated corporations
- 15. Multiple Choice
The change depicted on the maps most directly contributed to which of the following?
The Second Great Awakening
The Market Revolution
The issuance of the Monroe Doctrine
The re-emergence of a two-party system
- 16. Multiple Choice
Which of the following changes resulted from the Market Revolution in the period 1800 to 1848?
A lessening of the gap between the rich and the poor
A decline in literacy rates for men and women
An increase in states granting women full suffrage
An emphasis on domestic ideals for women
- 17. Multiple Choice
The excerpt best serves as evidence of which of the following developments in the antebellum era?
The growth of moral and social reform movements
The increased public participation in democracy
The emergence of a new national culture
The influence of liberal social ideas on art and culture
- 18. Multiple Choice
The sentiments expressed in the excerpt serve as evidence of all of the following EXCEPT...
the growth of both a wealthy business elite and large numbers of working poor.
the significant impact of the Market Revolution on the lives and jobs of workers.
the debates over plans to unify the economy, such as the American System.
the economic impact of technological innovations such as steam engines
- 19. Multiple Choice
What was one consequence of the cotton gin?
deep south farmers grew more wheat
domestic slave trade increased
plantations hired more workers
southern factories quickly developed
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